Window-pane fastener.



J. B. LA VENTURE.

WINDOW PANE PASTBNER.

APPLIOATIOE FILED un. 15. 1908.

Patented May 25,

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JOHN B. LA VENTURE, OF CHAMPLAIN, NEW YORK.

WIN DOW-PAN E FASTE NER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application led April 15, 1908. Serial No. 427,288.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. LA VENTURE, citizen of the United States, residing at Champlain, in the county of Clinton and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vindow- Pane Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The obj ect of this invention is an improved window pane fastener which may be readily applied to the window sash to effectually secure the pane in position therein without the use of the customary putty that is obviously unsatisfactory; which is arranged to effect a tight oint with the window sash, and thus prevent the entrance of rain, wind or the like, and which may be easily detached to permit the quick removal of a broken pane of glass and its replacement by a new one without the necessity of employing skilled labor for this purpose.

With this and other objects in view that will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features thereof in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, and to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a window showing my improved device applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2-2 of Fig, l Fig, 3 is a perspective view of the device, showing the inner side thereof and, Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the outer side.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing, by the same reference characters.

My improved window pane fasten er is constructed of an integral strip or blank of sheet metal which is doubled upon itself longitudinally to form substantially parallel spaced members 1 and l, the member 1 being wider than the other member, so as to project beyond the edge of the same, and being formed at its edge with a plurality of prongs 2 which are disposed in the same plane as the member l, as shown. A packing strip 3 which may be of any suitable material or substance, such as felt or rubber or the like, is clenched or otherwise secured in interposed position between the spaced members l and lain such a manner as to project slightly beyond the edge of the wider member l when iln uncompressed condition, as best seen in f ig. 4.

In the practical use of my improved window pane fasteners, the same are designed to be employed in connection with a window' sash, the sash bars of which are rabbeted in the usual manner to provide correspondingly facing shoulders against which the panes of glass are designed to abut upon one side, the fasteners being designed for use in holding the panes against said shoulders and thus retaining them securely in position in the sash. These window pane fasteners are applied to the sash with the narrow member l abutting against the window pane on the opposite side thereof from the shoulder of the sash bar, the fasteners being then driven inwardly to embed the prongs 2 of the wider member l in the rabbeted portion of the sash bar, as best seen in Fig. 2. In this position, the edge of the wider member l abuts against the rabbeted portion of the sash bar, while the edge of the narrow member 1a is arranged in spaced relation thereto, the packing strip 8 being compressed against the rabbeted portion and being forced into the space between the same and the edge of the narrow member 1aL so as to abut against the window pane and form a tight joint therewith. lt is to be particularly noted that with this construction, the packing strips serve as cushions to effectually prevent the disagreeable rattling of the window panes, and to permit the slight vibration of the same, without the liability of the glass becoming shattered.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be apparent that l have provided an improved window pane fastener which may be readily applied to a sash to retain the panein position therein and prevent the possible entrance of rain or the like through the sash, which may be readily detached to permit the quick removal of a broken pane of glass and its replacement by a new one, without the necessity of employing skilled labor for this purpose, and which consists of comparatively few parts that may be easily and cheaply manufactured and readily assembled.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A window pane fastener constructed of a blank of sheet metal doubled upon itself longitudinally to form substantially parallel spaced members, one of the members being Wider than the other and being formed at its edge with a plurality of outstanding prongs arranged in the same plane as said wider member, and a packing strip interposed between the spaced members and normally projecting beyond the edge of the wider member, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a window sash embodying sash bars rabbeted to constitute correspondingly facing shoulders, of a pane of glass designed to impinge against the shoulders on one side, and a fastening device arranged on the opposite side of the window pane from the shoulders and designed to hold the former against the latter, said fastener being constructed of a blank of sheet metal doubled upon itself longitudinally to form substantially parallel spaced members, one of said members being wider than the other and being formed at its edge with a plurality of prongs arranged in the same plane as said wider member and designed to be embedded in the rabbeted portion of the sash bar, the other 'member terminating in spaced relation to said rabbeted portion, and a packing strip interposed between said members and normally projecting beyond the edge of the wider member, said packing strip being designed to be compressed against the rabbeted portion and forced into the space between the same and the narrow member and against the window pane, as and 4for the purpose specified.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. LA VENTURE. [L s] l/Vitnesses:

AMASA B. SPELMAN, DAVID O. LA VENTURE. 

